Friday, May 27, 2011

The Socialist Utopia of California

A quarter-century ago, I wrote a series of articles about California's megatrends that transmogrified into a book, "The New California: Facing the 21st Century."

My chief premise was that intertwining cultural, demographic, economic and political forces were radically transforming the state.

I quoted one academic study that saw "the possible emerging of a two-tier economy with Asians and non-Hispanic whites competing for high-status positions while Hispanics and blacks struggle to get low-paying service jobs."

Last week's release of detailed 2010 census data and this week's unveiling of a massive statistical study of Californians' educations, incomes and health confirm that what was theory in 1985 has become reality.

2 comments:

Anonymous
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Obviously, this woman would be a better teacher if she embraced the cultural background of her students and stopped reinforcing the dominant white cultural hegemony that disillusions her students. Only by teaching for social justice will she achieve empowerment for her students as radical agents of change.